To provide an inexpensive lead component which can be easily connected to a semiconductor chip and which has satisfactory connectability. There is provided a lead component including a base material having a connection part for connecting to a semiconductor chip, comprising: a solder part having a Zn layer made of a Zn-bonding material rolled and clad-bonded on the base material, and an Al layer made of an Al-bonding material rolled and clad-bonded on the Zn layer, in a prescribed region including the connection part on the base material; and the solder part further comprising a metal thin film composed of one kind or two kinds or more of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt covering a surface of the Al layer.
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1. A lead component including a base material having a connection part for connecting to a semiconductor chip, comprising: a solder part having a Zn layer made of a Zn-bonding material provided on the base material, and an Al layer made of an Al-bonding material provided on the Zn layer, in a prescribed region including the connection part on the base material, wherein a thickness of the Al layer is 1 μn or more, and an Al concentration in an average composition of the Za-layer and the Al-layer is 16.9% or less; and the solder part further comprising a metal thin film composed of one kind or two kinds or more of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt covering a surface of the Al layer.
2. The lead component according to claim 1 , wherein the Zn layer is composed of a Zn-Al based bonding material.
3. The lead component according to claim 1 , wherein a metal layer composed of one kind of Ti, Pt, Pd, and Ni, or an alloy layer containing any one of them, is formed between the base material and the solder part.
4. The lead component according to claim 1 , wherein the connection part is formed in a projection shape on a connection surface side connected to the semiconductor chip.
5. A semiconductor package comprising the lead component according to claim 1 , and a semiconductor chip connected to a prescribed region including the connection part of the lead component.
6. The semiconductor package according to claim 5 , wherein the semiconductor chip is a power semiconductor chip having an emitter electrode and a gate electrode on a surface, and a collector electrode on a rear surface, and at least one of the emitter electrode, the gate electrode, and the collector electrode is connected to the prescribed region of the lead component.
7. A method for manufacturing a lead component including a base material having a connection part for connecting to a semiconductor chip, comprising: forming a solder part by sequentially laminating a Zn layer on the base material, an Al layer on the Zn layer, and a metal thin film composed of one kind or two kinds or more of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt on the Al layer, in a prescribed region including the connection part on the base material; and rolling and clad-bonding the solder part together with the base material, so that a thickness of the Al layer is 1 μm or more, and Al concentration in an average composition of the Zn layer and the Al layer is 16.9% or less.
8. A method for manufacturing the lead component according to claim 7 , further comprising: removing a solder part by etching, in a region excluding a prescribed region on the base material out of the clad-bonded solder part; and forming the connection part connected to the semiconductor chip.
9. A method for manufacturing a lead component including a base material having a connection part for connecting to a semiconductor chip, comprising: forming a solder part by sequentially laminating a Zn layer on the base material, an Al layer on the Zn layer, and a metal thin film composed of one kind or two kinds or more of Au, Ag, Cu, Ni, Pd, and Pt on the Al layer, in a prescribed region including the connection part on the base material; rolling and clad-bonding the solder part together with the base material; removing a solder part by etching, in a region excluding a prescribed region on the base material out of the clad-bonded solder part; and forming the connection part connected to the semiconductor chip.
10. The lead component according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the Al layer is 8 μm or less.
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March 15, 2012
March 11, 2014
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